Hosea 8:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 For they went up to Assyria—[a]
a wild ass off on its own—
Ephraim bargained for lovers.(A)
10 Even though they bargain with the nations,
I will now gather them[b] together;
They will soon succumb
under the burden of king and princes.
11 [c]When Ephraim made many altars to expiate sin,
they became altars for sinning.
Footnotes
- 8:9 They went up to Assyria: a reference to the politics of appealing to Assyria (cf. 5:13; 7:11). There is a play on the Hebrew word for “wild ass” (pere) and “Ephraim.”
- 8:10 I will now gather them: for judgment and for deportation.
- 8:11 The altars had become places of self-serving worship (cf. v. 13).
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